Skinning-knife.



vB. H. HARTMAN. -SKINNING KNIFE APPLICATION FILED MAY l. 1916'.

Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

' INVENTOR W Z m ATTORNEY' rnvrrnn sra'rns rATENT OJFHCEv lnaarkann H. HAR-mman', or GLENBURN, nonrnnakora.

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To all/whom t may concern Be it known that I, BERTRAND IIOMER HARTMAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, `residing at .Glenburm in the county ofRenville and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skinning-Knives, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to Skinning knives, and the nature and objects thereof will be readilyapparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains, in the light of the following explanation of the accompanying drawings, illustratingwhat I now believe to be the preferred embodiment or `mechanical expression of my, invention from among other formsand arrangements within the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

However, an object of the inventionis to provide a lknife for use in removing lthe skin from the carcass of afho'g or similar animal which is adapted to be pushed forward beneath the skin, andthe skin Araised while the connecting tissue is severed by the blade of the knife.

Another object of the invention is to pron parts to be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

similar and ycorresponding parts are designated .by the same characters of reference throughout the several views in which they appear;

Figure l is a view in plan, withparts broken away illustrating an implement constructed after the manner of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar section taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

kWith reference to the drawings 1 indicates a handle portion formed at one end with a transversely extending blade supporting portion, or what might be termed sKINNING-KNIFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.' l i Application filed May 1, 1916. SerialNo. 94,801.

thickness from t patentado@ a '191i the bodyportion ofthe implement desigf' nated 2. The bodyportion-is formed with a longitudinal groove l3, i-n whichA is mounted a plate 4 provided `with a plurality of grooves' 5. i Set screws ;6`v are mountedv in threaded'openings inthe body' portionfand are adapted to engage'therear'edge of the plate 4 for adjustably moving the same in a direction parallel to the linear dimension of the handle. A blade 7V having a rightan# gular flange 8 at its rear end for engaging one of the grooves'of the plate 4 is .provided and is formed Awith a forward sharpened edge 9for co-actingy engagementpwith' a series of guardingers 10 formed at the for`- ward edge of the body portion.

It will'vthustbe obvious thatf'the yblade v i owing to its engagementv'withplate 4,.l may be adjusted byrOtatingthe set screws 6, .so

as to `eXpose more or less of the ends of the guard fingers, orgto-be extendedthere beyond@-l A rib 1.11 :is provided upon`v ythe upper face of the body portion for engage ment with afgroove 12 inthe under sideof blade during adjustment, and in a similar manner a rib 13 is formed at the bottom of the groovey 3 of the body portion, for engaging a groove 14 of the plate 4 to likewise preclude displacement thereof during adjustment.

the blade to preclude displacement of said p A cover plate 15 is' disposed above `the f l blade, and is provided at its rear end with a ange 16 to retain the plate in spaced re-` lation above the body portion. Elongated slots 17 are formed at either end of the blade and are disposedy parallel to the direction of adjustment thereof, to receive se- In the accompanying drawings in which forward pushing movement the connecting f tissue is severed andthe skin as it is loosened is raised by the other hand and moved back so as not to lim ede the cutting operation of the blade. wing to the'curvature of the under side ofthe guard fingers, the

skin is easily separated lfrom the carcass without taking away part of the esh along with the skin which is what happens during a Skinning operation performed with an ordinary knife. It will also be obvious that llayers of various degrees of thickness may be removed by extending the cutting edge of the blade beyond the` guard fingers to a greater or less extent, which maybe easily determined by experiment. It has been my experience that an implement adapted 'to remove lthe skin by a forward pushing motion, 'for which this invention is designed is more efficacious than one adapted to -be drawn longitudinally beneath the skin after themanne'ro'f an ordinary knife.

lWlrile the lconstruction of my invention as illustrated is designed to produce the most 4eflicien't lresults in practice, nevertheless va'riousways of reconstructing the-same to employ the principles involved will occur .to those skilled in `the `mechanical `arts. I therefore @reserve the right and privilege of changing lthe forms Iof `the details of -construction, or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing `from the spirit -of y.the invention or the scopeofthe appended claims.v

Having thus fully described my invention whatlclaim as new and ldesirefto secure by Letters Patent is:-

l. A ASkinning knife including a bodyv portion provided with guard Ifingers and a longitudinal groove, a grooved iplate "movable in `the groove, set screws mounted in the body eportion and engaging the plate, a blade having a lcutting edge for co-action with the guard lingers and a flange for engaging onev of the lgrooves of the plate, and 'a handleformed on thebody portion.

2. A Skinning knife including a body portion provided with guard lingers and a longitudinal groove, a grooved plate movable in the groove, said plate havingV `a guiding groove, a rib "in the groove of the body portion and engaging the guiding groove to preclude displacement of the plate during adjustment, a blade having a flange for engaging one of the grooves of the plate, and having a guiding groove, a Erib von Ithe body portion for lengaging said guiding groove to ypreclude displacement of thefblade during adjustment, set screws mounted -in the body portion and engaging the 'grooved plate,elongated slots providedin the blade,

a cover plate superposed above the blade, threaded fastenings extending through the cover plate, the elongated openings and engaging the `body portion, yand a handle formed on the body portion and lexftei-idin-g at right yangles thereto.

In testimony whereof I fmy signature in presence offtwo Witnesses. 1

BERTRAND H. HARTMAN. f Witnesses:

G. L. GroULD,l T. P. PARKE.

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